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Greymouth Star
New Zealand
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 3
Historic sex charges
A 55-year-old Oamaru man has
been arrested and charged in relation
to historic sexual offending, police
say. The offending relates to young
female victims aged between 11 and
17. The offences are alleged to have
occurred between 1999 and 2011 in
the Oamaru area. The man appeared
yesterday in the Timaru District
Court, but details of the result were
not available. The investigations was
continuing. — APNZ
Smash driver named
The driver who died in a head-
on collision in mid-Canterbury on
Monday night has been named.
John-Paul Nelson, 30, from Northern
Ireland, was driving a Toyota utility
vehicle heading north on State
highway 1 near Hinds when police
believed he crossed the centreline
and ploughed into the southbound
truck and trailer about 8.30pm. The
utility flipped on to its roof and Mr
Nelson died at the scene. Mr Nelson
had been in New Zealand since
November last year, working in the
mid-Canterbury area. The driver of
the truck, which jack-knifed, suffered
minor injuries and was taken to
Ashburton Hospital. — APNZ
Crash victim identified
A 24-year-old man who died after
his car hit a lamp post in Southland
early on Monday has been named.
He was Stefan Zeestraten, a
dairy farmer from Centre Bush.
Emergency ser vices were called
to the crash at Limehills Browns
Road, Otapiri, western Southland
about 3am. Mr Zeestraten’s Toyota
Landcruiser crossed the road and hit
a concrete power pole before coming
to rest in a ditch, police said. Mr
Zeestraten was found dead, trapped
inside his vehicle. The pole was
damaged at the base but remained
upright due to the wires. — APNZ
Car hits crane
A car collided with a crane outside
a Taranaki school yesterday. A
45-year-old female driver was not
injured in the minor traffic accident
on South Road outside Spotswood
College about 3.15pm. Police, Fire
Ser vice and ambulance staff all
attended but were not required and
left soon after. — APNZ
Bitcoin ATM shut
An Auckland Bitcoin ATM has
been shut down by its owner after
claims the ser vice could not get
support from banks. Bitcoin Central
operated a two-way Bitcoin ATM
on Auckland’s Karangahape Road
road, allowing users to buy and sell
the digital currency for cash. The
ATM was launched last month
but a message on Bitcoin Central’s
website said the machine had now
shut down. Bitcoin Central’s Mike
Steeneveld could not be contacted.
— APNZ-New Zealand Herald
Keno results
Numbers in Keno draw No 10078:
1,2,7,12,14,17,29,31,32,34,41,55,
58, 64, 66, 71, 73, 76, 77, 80. Draw No
10079: 1, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 33,
35, 36, 38, 47, 49, 53, 54, 58, 63, 69, 73.
Police admit Crewe case failures
Christchurch
The Government is taking legal advice
on whether a former Catholic brother
should be extradited to Australia to face
child sex charges.
The Commonwealth of Australia has
spent more than 18 months trying to
extradite Bernard Kevin McGrath, 66,
from New Zealand to face 252 child sex
abuse charges.
The case has bounced between several
judges but the final decision now lies
with Justice Minister Judith Collins.
“I will receive advice from officials
and carefully consider Mr McGrath’s
submissions,” she said yesterday.
No timeframe has been given.
McGrath is living in Christchurch on
bail. — APNZ
McGrath advice sought
Auckland
A woman has pleaded guilty to
murdering south Auckland man Peter
Dixon, who was found dead in his
Manurewa home after it caught fire in
February 2012.
The 47-year-old woman, who has name
suppression, entered the charge when she
appeared in the High Court at Auckland
this morning.
She also pleaded guilty to four counts
of arson, one of attempted arson and four
charges of theft by a person in a special
relationship, amounting to $12,500.
The four theft and three of the arson
charges related to alleged offending
between November 2011 and January
2012 at the woman’s workplace.
The fourth arson and the attempted
arson charge related to alleged offending
on the day Mr Dixon died.
Emergency ser vices were called to a
fire at Mr Dixon’s home about 5am on
February 27, 2012. They found him dead
in his bedroom, where it is believed the
fire started. It is understood the house
had smoke detectors, which alerted other
members of Mr Dixon’s family living at
the house and allowed them to escape.
It was initially thought the blaze was
accidental but Detective Inspector
Dave Lynch said the charges against
the woman came after a “ lengthy and
complex” police inquiry.
The woman is due to be sentenced on
September 16. — APNZ
Woman
admits 2012
murder
Evidence probably planted as murder mystery remains 44 years on
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PICTURE: New Zealand Herald
Police Acting Deputy Commissioner operations Grant Nicholls and Detective Superintendent Andy Lovelock, during the Crew murder press
conference, held at the Manukau District Police Station in Auckland today.
Auckland
Police have admitted for the first time
a key piece of evidence used to convict
Arthur Allan Thomas could have been
fabricated by an officer.
The concession was one of a slew of
shortcomings released today in a review
into the investigation of the 1970
murders of Har vey and Jeannette Crewe
at their Pukekawa farm.
Police also acknowledged failures
from dealing with evidence at the
investigation’s outset to Commissioner
Mike Bush’s comments at Detective
Inspector Bruce Hutton’s funeral last
year.
One of the key findings in the 330-
page report was that there was “a distinct
possibility” the brass .22 cartridge case
used to implicate Thomas may have been
planted and if so, it was likely police were
responsible.
Arthur Allan Thomas was found guilty
of the murders in 1971 and again at a
retrial in 1973. But in 1979, after he
had spent nine years in prison, he was
granted a pardon on the basis that the
police case against him was not proved
beyond reasonable doubt.
He was paid $950,000 compensation.
In 2010, the Crewes’ only child,
Rochelle, asked police to reopen their
homicide investigation in a bid to find
out who killed her parents.
Rochelle was 18 months old when they
died. She was found crying in her cot
five days after they were last seen alive.
While there was no new evidence
implicating any person as being
responsible for the crime, the report
cleared Lenard Demler — Rochelle’s
grandfather — who had been a significant
suspect when the inquiry began.
Police also said there was no credible
evidence to suggest Jeannette Crewe’s
sister Heather Souter or local farmer
John Eyre had anything to do with the
murders.
Despite police acknowledging there
might have been corruption used to
have Thomas convicted, they stood by
the opinion of Solicitor-General Paul
Neazor who said in 1981 that there
was not enough evidence to support
a prosecution against any member of
police.
However, David Jones, QC, released
his review of the police report today and
he disagreed.
He said there was enough evidence to
lay charges against Hutton, the officer
who headed the case.
The cartridge case in the garden was a
“clear finding of fabrication”, he said.
Though today ’s report could not pin
the blame on anyone, police said the
killer was someone who had access to
items from the farm, namely the wire
found around Har vey Crewe’s body and
the axle that had been previously fitted
to Mr Thomas’s trailer.
Police still believed Mr Thomas’s
firearm was most likely to have fired the
fatal bullets.
Acting Deputy Commissioner Grant
Nicholls apologised to Rochelle Crewe
over the case, which Jones said would be
perennially unresolved unless significant
evidence emerged.
“The report shows some aspects of
the original investigation were done
well but there were shortfalls that led to
missed investigative opportunities which
have left her with enduring uncertainty
over the death of her parents. I’ve also
apologised over the report’s finding
that police could have reviewed the
investigation into her parents’ murder
sooner,” he said.
Mr Bush caused controversy in April
last year when he spoke at Hutton’s
funeral and praised his work.
“As a result of the eulogy comments
at the funeral of Mr Bruce Hutton, I
stepped aside from the review process
to avoid any possible perception of a
conflict of interest. The review findings
add to my deep sense of regret at having
agreed to speak at the funeral,” he said.
The review into the case has cost
$400,000 to date and amassed more
than 92,000 pages of work.
In a video statement on the Police
website, Mr Bush said the review was
undertaken to “provide answers to
Rochelle Crewe about the death of her
parents 44 years ago”.
“ Because of the passage of time, we
unfortunately aren’t able to provide all of
the answers to these enduring questions.
But thanks to the review team’s work,
we now have the best understanding
possible of this case.
“This has prompted us to apologise to
Rochelle for the shortfalls in the original
investigation, and for the anguish that
has caused.
“The review represents a huge amount
of detailed, meticulous, thorough
investigation.
“ I’d like to thank Detective
Superintendent Andy Lovelock and his
team for their dedication and hard work.
I hope the review provides Rochelle and
her family with peace of mind for the
future. I sincerely wish them well.”
In a statement, Mr Bush said: “Deputy
Commissioner Grant Nicholls has
extended an apology to Rochelle on
behalf of New Zealand police for a
number of identified shortfalls in the
original investigation which led to missed
investigative opportunities and allowed
for continuing public speculation and
commentary over the years.
“ Police deeply regret the anguish
this has caused Rochelle and family
members.
“The apology also encompassed the
fact that Police did not conduct an
assessment and review of the original
investigation either after Mr Arthur
Thomas was granted a free pardon or
after the Royal Commission of Inquiry
released its findings.
— APNZ
Govt takes over Novopay
Wellington
Senior cabinet minister Steven
Joyce has confirmed a Government-
owned company will take over
management of the troubled
Novopay teachers’ pay system from
Australian company Talent2 from
October this year.
He also confirmed Talent 2 would
pay the Ministry of Education
between $18 million and $22 million
including $7 million cash and other
considerations such as license to
use the core software by way of a
settlement.
Mr Joyce said “pretty good
progress overall” had been made
in recent months apart from
issues at the start of this year and
performance of the system had
been within parameters set by a
technical review of the project.
However,
remaining issues
prompted contractual issues in
recent weeks.
Talent 2 had not been prepared
to provide extra resources necessary
for further development of the
system within the terms of the
current contractual relationships,
and “it became clear that the best
outcome would be a change in the
provider relationship”.
Mr Joyce said the agreement
should “not necessarily be seen as
failure on anyone’s part any more
than it had been”.
It was, he said, “the next logical
step”.
“This decision has been made in
the best interests of all parties —
staff administrators, schools and
the Government. ”
The new arrangement will see
current staff employed to run
Novopay transferred over to the
new company.Talent 2 will continue
to provide the basic software and
would continue to be engaged on
a maintenance and ser vice contract
worth about $9m over six years.
Mr Joyce said the system had so
far cost $110m — $45m more than
originally budgeted but the $18m
to $22m settlement would reduce
the overall cost to the taxpayer by
that amount.
— APNZ-New Zealand Herald
Steven Joyce
Auckland
A $20 million hole in the accounts
of the central North Island iwi
has raised questions about the
way settlement money was used,
including
whether
payments
followed proper process and were
adequately justifed.
The Tuwharetoa Settlement Trust
has launched an internal inquiry into
investment and spending decisions
made after a $66m settlement five
years ago.
General manager Temuera Hall, in a
letter to iwi members, raised possible
court action against iwi leaders who
were the original trustees and saw the
settlement through to completion.
The money was part of the biggest
Treaty of Waitangi settlement
in history and was dubbed the
“ Treelords deal” when signed by the
outgoing Labour government in
2008.
The Tuwharetoa Settlement Trust
was set up in June the following
year to manage the funds “to deliver
benefits to our hapu and whanau for
generations to come”, according to
minutes from its first meeting.
But Mr Hall said in a letter to
members sent on Monday that just
$16m was left of the $66m after
payments to hapu groups.
The payments to the hapu groups
are set out in the settlement
agreement.
In the letter signed by Mr Hall, he
claimed the trust had “lost $9m of
that capital and overspent on other
matters to the sum of $11m”.
Mr Hall said an independent
review into “the actions of prior
initial trustees” was being sought and
would consider, among other issues,
“payments made to contractors or
management without proper process
and accounting for amounts which
are not adequately justified”.
It would also focus on $2.175m
lost investing in carbon farming —
growing trees purely for the carbon
credits — and other energy projects.
The letter to members also pointed
to $10.3m put into Te Whenua
Venture Holdings, a company set
up to develop a golf course, a sports
academy, residential sections and a
hotel near Turangi. Companies Office
records show it went into liquidation
in August 2011.
He said the inquiry would also look
at money loaned to an iwi trust with
an interest in the Tokaanu Hotel
outside Turangi “as a result of which
$556k ($556,000) remains owing and
may not be recoverable”.
Mr Hall told members any legal
action through the courts would have
to be balanced against the defence
available to trustees they had “acted
honestly and reasonably”.
He said the cost of legal action
and the former trustees’ “ability to
pay any judgment ” would also be
considered.
The meeting, called for August 23
in Taupo, sought support for the
current trustees to take action.
“The outcome may be that we
decide not to pursue the prior initial
trustees in the courts but instead deal
with the matter internally which will
allow us to move for ward in a positive
way.”
Mr Hall did not return calls last
night.
The trust was established in
2009. Annual reports for the trust
show payments for administration,
governance, project management
and professional ser vices went from
$1,140,000 in 2010 to $3,700,000 in
2012.
— APNZ-New Zealand Herald
Iwi probes $20m gap in trust account
Late rush of legislation
Wellington
One of the National-led
Government ’s
final
acts in
Parliament this term will be to
lower the legal drink-driving limit,
which means motorists will face
stricter rules before Christmas.
The House rises ahead of the
general election tomorrow, and the
Government is aiming to cram in a
number of bills in its last few days.
Parliament is expected to
complete its debates on three
major pieces of legislation which
focus on drink-driving changes,
compensation for war veterans
and cutting council levies on new
housing developments.
The progress of the Land
Transport Amendment Bill would
mean a new breath-alcohol limit
would be introduced for drivers in
December.
The bill would lower the limit
from 400mg to 251mg per litre of
breath — a change which is the
equivalent of two to three beers for
the average adult.
A person caught driving between
the new and the old limit would be
fined $200 and 50 demerit points,
while those exceeding the old limit
would still face a criminal charge.
MPs are expected to complete the
final reading of a bill which aims to
improve housing affordability by
limiting what councils can charge
developers for new infrastructure.
Councils would still be able to
levy for core infrastructure, such as
transport, water and sewerage, but
would have to rely on alternative
funding, such as rates, to pay for
community facilities, including
parks, sports grounds and libraries.
Labour had some concerns about
the proposals, but agreed to back
the bill into law because it felt
urgent measures were needed to
relieve house prices.
Some pieces of legislation will not
be passed this parliamentary term.
These include major labour reforms
which would have limited collective
bargaining rights and could have
allowed employers to get rid of
smoko breaks. The Employment
Relations Amendment Bill stalled
after Act ’s John Banks resigned
from Parliament and left the
Government to rely on the Maori
Party, which opposed the changes.
Justice Minister Judith Collins’s
proposal to introduce “public
protection orders” will not make
it into law. The minister wanted
authorities to have power to recall
child sex offenders or violent
criminals if they had finished a
finite sentence and were at very
high risk of reoffending.
The law change was designed to
capture between five and 12 people
—
mostly sex offenders — who
had been sentenced shortly before
preventive detention was introduced.
Mrs Collins said the bill would
remain a priority if National was
re-elected, and in the meantime
authorities had several other
measures to monitor prisoners after
their release.
Several non-controversial bills are
expected to be passed into law this
week, including a bill to establish
a huge marine reser ve in Kaikoura
and changes to parliamentary
privilege rules.
MPs will also make a start on
a bill which would introduce a
new charge for match-fixing and
spot-fixing in New Zealand. The
Government wants the legislation
in place before the Cricket World
Cup in February.
— APNZ-New Zealand Herald
Harre challenges Key
Auckland
Internet Party Leader Laila Harre will
stand against Prime Minister John Key
in his Helensville electorate she said last
evening.
She was standing against Mr Key
“ because the Prime Minister has some
explaining to do” and she wanted to
debate him at candidate meetings “away
from his army of spin doctors”.
She would be asking him “to explain
his Government ’s relationship with
Hollywood and Sky City”.
“I’ll be asking him to tell us what ’s
in the TPPA he is negotiating behind
closed doors and to open the books on
our intelligence relationships.”
Ms Harre also said she would be taking
Mr Key to task over the economy.
— APNZ
Wellington
Following a face-to-face
meeting with the Prime
Minister, Fish and Game’s
chief
executive Bryce
Johnson says he wants a
written assurance that the
organisation’s statutory role
is set to stay.
Mr
Johnson
and
representatives from other
environmental
groups
met Prime Minister John Key during
a scheduled meeting at the Beehive
yesterday.
The meeting came after Conser vation
Minister Nick Smith backed down on
a legal threat against an environmental
advocate who accused him of political
interference.
Association of Freshwater Anglers
president David Haynes said Dr Smith
had behaved like a bully at a Fish and
Game Council meeting on July 18.
After speaking to his lawyer, Dr Smith
decided that he would instead send
a letter to Mr Haynes to tell him that
his statements were defamatory and
offensive.
Prime Minister John Key said yesterday
that Dr Smith would have been “silly” to
take legal action.
Mr Haynes told Radio
New Zealand today they
had received assurances
from Mr Key that Fish and
Game’s statutory role was set
to stay. However, they had
expected those assurances to
be backed up in the House
by Dr Smith, which did not
happen.
“ Nick’s used his time in
Parliament to basically defend his own
position.
“We
were
expecting him to
acknowledge Fish and Game’s role,
that he wasn’t going to be changing our
statutory basis, that he wasn’t going to be
changing our money supply system from
license fees.
“ It leaves us up in the air really. Nick is
our minister, you have to have a trusting
relationship with the minister. I think
our chairman has made it very clear
that it’s very difficult now to be in that
trusting relationship with Nick given
the missed opportunity yesterday.”
Mr Haynes said the organisation
was now planning on writing to the
Government and asking to have its
position formally clarified. — APNZ
Fish and Game seeks
assurance from Govt
Nick Smith